Game.



Patented octal, |8991. J. PBENDERGAST.

GAME.

(Application med Dec. 31, 1897.)

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

(No Modelv.)

Patented Dct. 3|, |899. J. PRENDERGAST.

G A M E.

(Application Bled Dec. 31, 1897.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

`(No Model.)

` [la Welt for Witnesses r nj: News PETERS co, mowiwo., WASHINGTON. D,c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMEs PRENDEEeAs'r, or LE ROY, NEW YORK.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 635,898, dated October31, 1899.

Application iileii December 31, 1897. Serial No. 664,964. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES PRENDERGAST, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Le Roy, in the county of Genesee and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to games.

It has for its object to afford entertainment or pastime pure andsimple, instructive and interesting, and a diversion from the monotonyand worry of life.

\The invention therefore consists of a geographical outline, say, ofthe'United States, including the States and Territories thereof, orother country especially divided up into sundry subdivisions,wherein thesubdivision, State, or county outlines are designated or denotednumerically or otherwise, according to theirl alphabetical order, saidnumerals, die., being oppositely arranged, and movable points or buttonsequal in number to said State, county, or subdivision outlines andbearing corresponding numbers or characters with the aforesaid, allsubstantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and specificallypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred form ofcarrying out my in vention, Figure l is a view showing a geographicaloutline of the United States with the State and Territory outlinesthereof and numbered movable blocks or disks placed upon said State andTerritory outlines. Fig. 2 isa View of the geographical outline of, say,the State of New York with the county outlines thereof. Fig. 3 is a viewshowing more fully examples of the numbered blocks or disks.

Latitude will be allowed to matters of detail in the embodiment of myinvention, as the same may be varied without departing from the spiritor principles of my invention.

A refers to a map or geographical outline of the United States, with itsState and Territory outlines marked or numbered according to theiralphabetical order-in the present instance from l upward to 49,respectively, this being the total number of States and Territories. Inother words, the State'whose ini'- tial is A and its following consonantnext in sequence-as, for instance, Alabama-is numbered or designated l,and the next State in alphabetical order, which is Arizona, is numberedor designated 2, and so on. These nuL merals are oppositely arrangedupon the States and Territories, so that the same may be readilydistinguished and recognized from the opposite sides of the board atwhich the players sit. For each State and Territory out; line I employ apoint or button B and number or designate it accordingly-'L'. c., thebutton or point bears the number of the State or Territory'it representsor upon which it is placed in playing the game.

In practicing the invention the game may be played in either of twoways, viz: Each player appropriates at a game seven or ten buttons orpoints as one way, and in the other Way the block-game procedure is followed, wherein each player arms himself With only ve buttons or points,this being the much shorter. Accordingly in pursuance of the first-namedcode or procedure each player draws from the buttons or points, say,seven or ten and plays the same, one player placing one button or point,say, on the State outline of Alabama, and the other player places acorresponding button upon the adjoining State outlines ofMississippi,Tennessee, Georgia, or Florida, if equal to the task, tocompass, if possible, said point. If not, he makes `pastime areprovided, instructive and interesting, pure and inviting.

It will be observed that the invention can be practiced in like mannerwith the county outlines of a State-*am for instance, illustrated inFig. 2. These maps, embodying my invention, are gotten up/With anenlarged showing of some particular State, Territory, or county upon theback thereof, according IOO to the State, Territory, or county in whichit number to said subdivisions and numbered 1o may be used or disposedof. correspondingly therewith, substantially as Having thus fullydescribed my invention, described.

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters In testimony whereof I aixmy signature 5 Patent, isin presence of two witnesses.

A game comprising a subdivided geograph- .I AMES PRENDERGAST.

ical outline, each division having duplicate i Vitnesses:

numbers or characters oppositely arranged THOMAS MCKEON,

therein, and points or buttons equal in ARTHUR J. KAVANAUGH.

